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75.8 percent of patients admitted to hospital Queen Sofia of Murcia over a year symptoms of malnutrition, as reflected in the conclusions of a doctoral thesis at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Murcia Rentero Lorena Redondo.
For the study, which has been rated as outstanding cum laude, the author analyzed an integrated 310 patients aged between 65 and 95 years, mean 80.4 years shows.
In 27.4 percent of cases, revenues were due to respiratory diseases;
22.6 percent, circulatory problems, and 36.8 percent, high comorbidity.
The most prevalent chronic diseases were diabetes mellitus (44.2 percent), chronic kidney disease (25.2 percent) and dementia (10.6 percent).
The findings also suggest that factors associated with the presence of moderate to severe malnutrition were female gender, age over 80 years and dementia.
The dissertation argues that hospital malnutrition in elderly patient "remains an unsolved problem, this being associated with an excess of hospital stay and increased hospital costs.
The dissertation was directed by Carles Iniesta Navalón and Carmen Sánchez Alvarez Reina Sofia hospital, and Juan José Gascón Cánovas, University of Murcia.
Source: Universidad de Murcia
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